Russia says it has captured three villages in Ukraine's Donetsk and Sumy regions

The ‌Russian defence ministry said on Saturday Russian troops had captured ‌the village of Khrapivshchyna ‌in Ukraine's Sumy region, and the villages of Novoandriivka ⁠and ​Rubizhne ⁠in the Donetsk region.

The ⁠ministry said via its ​Telegram channel that it ⁠had struck a logistics centre ⁠in ​the Kyiv region where components for Ukrainian ⁠ballistic missiles were stored. Reuters ⁠could ⁠not independently verify the report.